Collapsible hat and coat rack



Oct. 16, 1928.

J. HERNACKI COLLAPSIBLE HAT AND COAT RACK v Filed Sept. 7, 192 s her.

Patented Oct. 16, 1928.

UNITED STATES J'OHN HERNACKI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GOLQLAPSIBLE HAT AND'COA'I RACK.

Application filed September 7, 1926; Serial No. 133,964.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of collapsible rack which may be folded or collapsed into compact relation and stored away in a small space when not in use; to provide such a rack which. is readily portable; to provide an improved form of hat shelf for such racks; and to provide improved means for rigidly securing the several parts in position when in use.

An illustrative embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved foldable coat and hat rack.

Fig. 2 is a sectional. detail taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and showing how the garment hooksare mounted on the cross-mem- Fig. 3 is an elevation viewed fromv the line '3,8'of Fig. l, and showing someof the parts in collapsed position.

Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the rack with its parts in folded or collapsed relation.

Racks of the character illustrated are particularly adapted for use in hotels where it is frequently necessary to shift them from one dining room to another or. from floor to floor for conventions, banquets, receptions and the like. They are likewise useful for large entertainments in the home, and in public places of entertainment, such as dance-halls, etc. v

The rack consists of a pair of vertically disposed standards 1 mounted on bases 2 which may or may not have the usual casters andthe. standards are rigidly secured to gether by upper and lower cross-members and -l respectively. Both cross-members maybe made ofpipe sections oined by manually operable pipe unions or couplings 5.

Braces 6 for supporting the upper crossmember sections are hinged tothe standards by clevises 7 and are detachably secured to the upper cross-member at 8 as by having their ends bent at right angles and inserted into apertures in the pipe sections. Both cross-members are hinged at their respectivc ends 9, the lower clevises being laterally longer than the upper ones, or vice vfersa, to permit the pipe sections to be folded one upon the other in parallel relationship with the standard when the rack is folded.

The upper cross-member carries a series of upper and lower transversely disposed coat hooks 10 secured to the, upper and lower sides thereof by means of rivets 11 the upper hooks being longer than the lower ones.

series of webbing strips 12 are afiiXed to cross-membersflii at one endand to ten-I sion springs 14, which are connected to the opposite cross-members. The webbing is of such length as to be held tant to form shelves for supporting hats and packages when the rack is set up. Rigid spacing bars 13 are interposed between and serve to connect the adjacent ends of the four strips 12 and the three helical springs 14 of each shelf.

It will thus be seen that the device may be readilyfolded into compact relation or eas ily set up and that in its collapsed relation it may readily be stored or conveniently moved.

The rack can be easily set up by one peri son since the upper pipe sections are supported in horizontal position by the braces before the couplings are joined.

Two hat shelves are sufficient with the usual spacing of coat hooks on the cross member to allow the hats to be placed directly over the respective coats and the shelves may be of suflicient width to support two rows of hats corresponding to the hooks on the two sides of the cross member.

WVhile but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims. i

- I claim:

1. A collapsible garment rack comprising i a pair of vertically disposed standards. each of said standards having a pair of braces 9 hinged at one end thereto in spaced relation, one of said braces being attached adjacent the top of its standard and the other adjacent the bottom thereof, means for rigidly joiningend to end the free ends of the top and bottom braces of one standard with the top and bottom braces respectivelyofthe other of said standards to form a rigid rectangular frame-work, garment supporting means on said upper braces. and a flexible hat supporting shelf secured to the upper thereto.

ends of said standards and held taut thereby, Y i

2. A collapsible garment rack comprising a pair of vertically disposed standards, each of said standards having a pair of braces hinged at one end thereto in spaced relation, one of said braces being attached adjacent the top of its standard and the other adjacent the bottom thereof, means for rigidly joining end to end the free ends of the top and bottom braces of one standard Withthe top and bottom braces respectively of the other of said'standards to form a rigid rectangular framework, garment supporting means on said upper braces, and a Web shelf having yielding tension means coacting therewith and secured to the upper ends of said standards and held taut thereby,said hatshelf being located above said garment supporting is fixed transversely to one of said standards and a plurality of helical springs interposed in tension between the other said bar and the other said standard.

'Signed'at Chicago this 3rd dayof September, 1926. f I

" "JOHN HERNACKI. I 

